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“They will be looking at developments in North Korea and also the developments at home in terms of our economic data."

Locally, the Australia and New Zealand Banking Group will release its data on March job advertisements on Monday and National Australia Bank will issue its monthly business survey on Tuesday. The Westpac/Melbourne Institute consumer-sentiment survey is due out on Wednesday and the Australian Bureau of Statistics labour-force figures will be issued on Thursday.

Mr James said investors would still take note of the job ads figures but they were becoming less important as employers explored other avenues, such as Facebook and LinkedIn, to find staff.

“They don’t provide the same insights as they might have five or 10 years ago," he said.

In the US on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed down 41.40 points (0.28 per cent) at 14,564.71.